Jesus compares the Kingdom of God with a wedding feast. Nevertheless, the Gospel cautions us that accepting or rejecting the invitation is a personal decision, and God does not force...
The liturgy of the Word today begins with the reading from Isaiah about a vineyard in a fruitful place, and "fruitful" is the key word here. There is adequate soil,...
Jesus tells this parable after the leaders challenge his authority. A father asks two sons to work in his vineyard. The first refuses, but later changes his mind and goes....
Jesus describes a landowner who goes out into the marketplace all day, searching for workers. His question to the people in the marketplace is not, “Why are you lazy?” but,...
The Gospel shares the story of a servant faced with an unpayable debt. He pleads for patience, and while it might seem like the master would punish him, something remarkable...
In today’s Gospel, Jesus shows how wounds can be healed. When someone offends us, we have a guideline for our reaction: our first task is not to gossip or retaliate....
Today’s liturgy of the Word calls us to think and live differently from people of our time. For centuries, we Christians have been the avant-garde of the world in science,...
In the relative safety of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks his disciples two questions: first, what popular opinion about his him is; second, who they think he is. Popular opinion was...
In today's Gospel (Mt 15:21-28), Jesus encounters a Canaanite woman who begs him to free her daughter from demonic possession. At first, Jesus remains silent and explains that his mission...
Today, the Gospel presents us with the theme of faith. And it does so in a very graphic way with an example that we can all understand. Believing is somehow...
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